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Brad Maestas

About Me

I'm a multi-instrumentalist, engineer, recordist and photographer in NYC.
I play acoustic and electric basses, guitars, mandolin, octave mandolin and drums.

Want to hear more music?
Go to icompositions.com

Also visit:
reverbnation
youtube
dailymotion
flickr
last.fm
talkbass



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Some youtube uploads

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Member Since: 9/25/2005
Band Website: http://bradmaestas.com
Band Members:

Amie Amis is:
Amie Margoles - french horn, vocals, lyrics, music
Nick Kadajski - alto sax, vocals
Kevin Russell - curved soprano sax, vocals
Mike Irwin - trumpet, vocals
Brad Maestas - bass
Ryan Cavan or Brent Follis - drums

5 Point Perspective is:
Nick Kadajski - alto sax
Sean Moran - guitar
Robert Lanzetti - guitar
Nir Felder - guitar (on R Bar recording)
Brad Maestas - bass
Brian Adler - drums

Danan Healy was:
Danan Healy - vocals, acoustic guitar
Michael Williams - vocals, bass trumpet
Kirk Schoenherr - guitar
Brad Maestas - bass
Jeremiah Fox - drums

The Yards were formed in Lawrence, KS in 2000. I play with them whenever I'm in the Midwest. Check out their myspace . Look and listen here for sound clips from our last album, released in April, 2006.


Influences: Jacob do Bandolim
Dino 7 Cordas
Baden Powell
Hermeto Paschoal
Chico Buarque
Clara Nunes
Elis Regina
Guinga
João Bosco
Raphael Rabello
Hamilton de Holanda
Marcello Gonçalves e
Trio Madeira Brasil
Euclides Marques
Yamandú Costa
Charlie Haden
Anthony Jackson
Jimmy Johnson
Frank Zappa
Jack DeJohnette
Harry Partch
John Cage
GONG (Daevid Allen, Mike Howlett, Pierre Morlen, Didier Malherbe)
Tom Waits
Bill Frisell
Guillermo Klein
Studio One Jamaica
Ben Monder
Henry Threadgill
Skuli Sverrisson
Frank Wakefield
Ornette Coleman
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Albert Ayler
Michel Alibo
Olivier Messiaen
Allan Holdsworth
Ben Allison
Roscoe Mitchell
Frank London
Gary Husband
Jimmy Haslip
Frank Kimbrough
Fela Kuti & Tony Allen
U. Srinivas
Steve Swallow
Carles Benavent
Eberhard Weber
Captain Beefheart
Ensamble Gurrufío
Lennie Tristano
Record Label: Seventh Sense Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Drinking for our Times aka the 401-Keg

I found this in my inbox today and thought it was pretty funny yet disturbing at the same time.It was sent from a former co-worker of mine at Birdland jazz club.If you had invested $1,000 in shares of...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:33:00 GMT

David Blaine: I hope your head explodes

http://www.hecklerspray.com/david-blaine-idiot-update-explod ing-head-imminent/200816282.phpSo for those Blainiacs out there that might not know yet, David began his 60-hour dangling-upside-down stunt ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Amie Amis releases new record "Strictly Serene"

Well last night's CD release/Amie's birthday party was a smashing success and we all had a ball. The replication company couldn't make the April 13th deadline so demo copies were passed out at the sho...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:12:00 GMT

Amie Amis at R&R

Here are some pics of Amie Amis taken at R&R on October 10, 2006.Apparently filmloop is dead and the company that took them over is now also dead so I'll be re-doing these slideshows at some point. ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:56:00 GMT

Unskilled Labor Funk Ensemble at Detour

In more unfortunate news; the great venue Detour will be closing at the end of October as well. It looks like this was my last gig at Detour, too! WTF?!! It seems that clubs are just droppin' like ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:17:00 GMT

Amie Amis - Last gig at CBGB's Gallery

So it turns out that this will be my (our) last gig at CBGB's. Amie Amis has played there quite a few times in the last year and we will sorely miss it. Here are some pics from that gig.Video was ta...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:09:00 GMT

Director's Account on YouTube!

I have been approved for a Director's Account on YouTube!You can go to my channel by clicking here - http://youtube.com/profile?user=fodera6I'll be adding more stuff little by little. I have a huge a...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:32:00 GMT

Returning to KS for the summer

Just letting everyone know that I'll be back in Lawrence, KS on or around the end of June. I'm hoping to make it back in time for the Monday night jam session on the 26th of June. You might have not...
Posted by on Tue, 09 May 2006 11:28:00 GMT

The Yards release party for their new album "Wit"

Lawrence.com has just posted some of the latest mixes up on their site. The Yards' page on Artist Launch also has some more of the mixes in their final form.www.theyards.netwww.lawrence.com/bands/the...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:37:00 GMT

New Release - Brian Mitchell Trio Live at Liberty Hall

The Brian Mitchell Trio is getting ready to release a new live album we recorded this summer at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.In addition to Brian Mitchell on guitar and myself on bass guitar, we had t...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:24:00 GMT